The National Wildlife Federation's Guide to Gardening for Wildlife: How to Create a Beautiful Backyard Habitat for Birds, Butterflies and Other Wildlife by Craig Tufts. If you really want to build wildlife habitat in your backyard this is the book for you. It has practical information on different habitats for birds, butterflies and nocturnal animals. Fifteen different wildlife gardens are described. There are resources and recommended books, and lots of beautiful color photographs.

Seedfolks by Paul Fleischmann. An inspiring book about growing a garden in a vacant lot in the city.

Homes for Wildlife: A Planning Guide for Habitat Enhancement on School Grounds by Marilyn C. Wyzga, New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. This book should be used with your teachers help. It will take your class through all the steps necessary to plan, inventory, build, watch and learn about wildlife that can be attracted to your school grounds. The appendix has lots of resources, worksheets and information on native plants and animals.

Butterfly Gardening in New England by Cheryl Lowe, New England Wild Flower Society. This compact book focuses on native butterflies that live in New England habitats and the native plants that attract them. It describes the different habitats, helps you identify the butterflies, and gives you a list of plants that suit different kinds of gardens.

Butterfly Book by Donald and Lillian Stokes and Ernest Williams. The Stokes Nature Guide books are very popular for their illustrations, information and writing style. The Butterfly Book tells you how to identify and attract common species, with lots of color photographs, and includes two butterfly garden plans.

America's Favorite Backyard Wildlife by George and Kit Harrison
Peterson First Guide to Urban Wildlife by Sarah Landry. If you're going to attract wildlife to your backyard you should really read one or both of these book so you'll know what you're seeing. They include mammals, birds, insects, plants, reptiles and amphibians and their habitat needs, food, family needs and more.